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Macrobrachium hancocki
a bright blue crayfish about 3 inches long.
clear and clean streeam in tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica end of rainy season
sorry for the poor photos, this guy was moving non-stop and under three inches of water. I couldn't properly focus
No shortage of suggestions Mark…that's for sure. However, we got it locked down after plenty of research! Thanks Mark and Maria!
Sorry I missed this one Larry. It's a beauty. (no shortage of suggestion choices here either but we might call it a yabby)
Mae, te ganaron por solo unos dias nada mas. Que bien que recordaste de mi! gracias...un abrazo!
Hoy vi esta langosta en una foto de la universidad y de una ves me recorde de este spotting y apunte el nombre cientifico para dartelo, pero parece q me ganaron jaja
Thank you Alexander! I have been researching and researching for quite some time to get a proper I.D. for this lovely creature. How did you know which it was? Are the macrobrachium your specialty? There is only one site with photos relating to this species.
It's without a doubt Macrobrachium hancocki, related to M. crenulatum on the Atlantic versant. The metallic blue coloration is very characteristic.
cindy, here is the link for the other mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8180...
I just learned that if you want to see all the available missions than you can go to missions, click local, delete your geographic area from the spacebar, click search. you should see all th missions everywhere in the world.
Hi IgCostaNut, I added a spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/852... to The Color Blue mission. Obviously this is purple but I didn't see a purple mission. Please let me know if you would like me to remove this and my other purple spottings. Thanks!
Ig, envié la foto a varios amigos incluso de INBIO esperemos a ver que nos dicen....
Thanks Ann! I am pretty sure this is a shrimp like Jonathan suggested. The crayfish that most people see are the procambarus variety which are common through the U.S.
There were at least 4-5 blue crayfish at the Aquarium of Americas in New Orleans last time we went. They are the local red variety with a gene mutation but they may be able assist with species ID...
Sacrificar uno por la ciencia puede se la razón de proteger toda la especie, asi que puede valer la pena ....